Music Day

Ok so I am still trying to think of a catchy name for my music posts on Thursdays. Any suggestions?

I tend to have an "odd" taste in music and I like alot of not so well known out of certain groups of people type bands. I thought I would help to possibly bring those groups here so that if you hadn't heard of them you might find out you like them.

Today I'll do two groups. The first will be The Eels "Beautiful Freak" (the song I put down in my survey below) and the second will be Frou Frou "Let Go".




The Eels "Beautiful Freak" is in the movie Hellboy 2. I just found this band and havn't really listened to much of their other stuff, but I really like this song.








Frou Frou "Let Go" was in the movie Garden State. Which if you haven't seen that movie I think it is pretty good. Loosely put, it's about the journey of finally finding oneself and inevitably a strange love story. If anyone wants to borrow it, I have the movie. It has Natalie Portman and Zach Braff (from the TV show Scrubs).

2008 - Getting to know your friends and family

Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.

1. What is your occupation right now ?
I seem to spend my days herding cats. OK I'm a stay-at-home mom of 3 (5 yrs, 23 months, and 3 weeks old). It really does feel like I am herding cats though most of the time.

2. What color are your socks right now?
I'm not wearing socks right now (barefoot), but when I do later they'll be white and pink.

3. What are you listening to right now?
The Eels "Beautiful Freak"

4. What was the last thing that you ate?
A fatty cake AKA Little Debbie Zebra Cake

5. Can you drive a stick shift?
No, the closest I've come is driving Tom's VW Van out of the garage years ago in 1st gear and practicing shifting in his VW Karmann Ghia.

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
Gabriel's school


7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
sure do

8. How old are you today?
28

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
When I get the chance, soccer or college football.

10. What is your favorite drink?
Orange soda, Mt Dew (which is few and far between lately), Cherry Pepsi, Koolaid, Lemonade....I like to drink alot. LOL

11. Have you ever dyed your hair
many times, but I'm actually letting it grow out now.

12. favorite food?
Salads, Steak, or Mexican

13. What is the last movie you watched?
Kung fu Panda, the new Hulk, and Get Smart

14. favorite day of the year?
Don't really have a favorite.

15. How do you vent anger?
Listen to music or clean.

16. What was your favorite toy as a child?


17. What is your favorite season?
Spring or Fall


18. Cherries or Blueberries?
Fresh Sweet Cherries

19. Do you want your friends respond?
Yes

20. Who is the most likely to respond?
Those who have the time

21. Who is least likely to respond?
Those who don't have the time.

22. Living arrangements?
Myself, Thomas, Gabriel, Katheryn, and Victoria (we're gonna get a dog or cat when we move into our new house in December)

23. When was the last time you cried?
yesterday...was in pain

24. What is on the floor of your closet?
shoes and boxes (packing stuff up)

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?


26. What did you do last night
tried to sleep, but Victoria was congested so I was up most the night with her.

27. What are you most afraid of?
being alone

28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Cheese and/or spicy

29. favorite dog breed?
Boxer or Italian Spinone

30. favorite day of the week?
Saturday

31. How many states have you lived in?
2 (Kentucky and Missouri)

32. Diamonds or pearls?
pearls

33. What is your favorite flower?
roses and black-eyed susans

I really HATE military doctors sometimes!

So we all caught what Gabriel brought home from school (upper respiratory infection) except Victoria. Well, I'll start out on Friday we took Victoria to her 2 week appt and when they were done looking at her I asked the guy to look at Katheryn's ears. One in particular because it had a bunch of wax in it. He says she has a little bit of fluid behind her right ear and the left (the one with wax) was a little red, but they aren't infected and it's nothing to worry about. So we let her soak her head in water when she took her bath and a little wax came out. Well, Monday Gabriel was getting worse and Katheryn was complaining about her ear (it had a bug in it...so she said). So we take them both to the ER to have them checked out. They gave Gabriel medicine and the same guy that did Victoria's appt was the one that saw them in the ER. Again he says that the right ear has fluid, but is ok and he could see the left ear drum and it looked ok. Nothing to worry about right? Well, about 10pm last night Katheryn woke up with a 103' temp and was hallucinating. So Tom takes her to the ER (which was taking forever and after 2+hours there were still 10 or so people ahead of them. So Tom comes home and the ER calls about 5:45am and asks about Katheryn. Apparently they didn't tell them her heartbeat was really fast and they were a little worried. So they get us an appt today with the clinic. Come to find out, she has an ear infection in BOTH ears and the right eardrum is bulging (enough that the doc said that we need to start her on antibiotics before it ruptures)! Ok how can it get that bad in a day?????

I really hate military doctors sometimes!

Victoria's 2 Week Appt

Victoria had her Well baby appt this past Friday. She weighed 8 lbs 5 ozs and 21 inches long! She is in the 75th percentile for height and weight! She's getting to be a big girl! :-) On a side note, I forgot how much a breastfed baby poops! Ew... lol She has a beautiful smile too!

Can't talk politics!

Well, as we were leaving post to go get dinner, Tom told me that his BN was not allowed to talk politics (specifically related to this election) during duty hours or in duty uniform. Why do you ask? Well, apparently two CPTs in a class behind his got into a fist fight during school over the Presidential candidates. Yes, you heard me right...a fist fight. Talk about setting a good example! Maybe they need to go back and take Officer 101 classes. LOL